Making Sausage With Josh Trank and the Fantastic Four
There’s all sorts of terms for digging deep into the backstory and machinations of how things happen. Some people call in-depth looks at such things “inside baseball” but I prefer the term “this is how we make the sausage.” Friend, colleague and Entertainment Weekly writer Anthony Breznican (who also wrote an outstanding fiction book titled Brutal Youth) did some sleuthing last week and over the weekend into just what the hell...
The Gift- Review
Look, I probably shouldn’t say this. Nobody tell my boss, o.k.? Don’t read this review. In fact, don’t read any reviews about The Gift and just go see it as soon as you can before some loudmouth at the office or gym ruins it for you. Seriously. This is a film that you need to go into fresh as possible because not only is The Gift a fresh take on the endless, ageless stories of revenge, it’s also probably the best movie of the summer....
Suddenly Bustin’ Makes Bill Murray Feel Good
A few weeks back, Flick Nation reported the news that Dan Aykroyd would be in Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters movie. But over the weekend, news broke that the one and only Bill Murray was seen on the set which means he too will be in the movie. However…as has been much publicized for years, he’s hesitant to reprise his role as Peter Venkman. I’ve never looked at Murray as a paycheck guy but maybe the price was finally right....
The Last Witch Hunter- Trailer
If you like big, bombastic CGI effects, bad and brooding acting layered with cheesy one-liners, have we got a trailer for you! It’s The Last Witch Hunter starring Vin Diesel. But hey, one positive this film seems to have going for it is that it was directed by Breck Eisner of The Crazies and Sahara fame! Wait, I mean that’ s another thing to hold against it. But seriously, this looks bad. Even the ageless Elijah Wood looks...
Is The Gunslinger Really Coming to the Big (and Little) Screen?
I’m a really, really big Stephen King fan. As such it’s been a pretty tumultuous few years in terms of his movie projects. The Carrie remake wasn’t very good and then all us King fans had the rug pulled out from under us when Cary Fukunaga jumped ship on the It adaptation. But on the plus side, Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) is all over doing The Stand and as such it seems headed in the right direction. Now news of The Gunslinger...
Deadpool- Trailer (Red Band and Green…no, really)
O.K. Flick Nation, Good Morning. Lots to unpack here. First off…here’s the trailers we alluded to the other day in regards to Marvel’s Deadpool. Safe for work version up top, sweary word, not safe for work one below. Second…both are very solid, funny, violent and cute. Third (and maybe I should’ve lead off with this) I know next to nothing about the “Deadpool” character even though I’m...
Stonewall- Trailer
Last week we brought you the trailer for Michael Bay’s upcoming film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi in which I begged the question of whether or not we realllllly want Michael Bay being the filmmaker to bring the intricacies of Benghazi to the big screen. No sooner did that rhetorical question go unanswered when today the trailer for Roland Emmerich’s film Stonewall, which focuses on the Stonewall riots of 1969 in which...
Deadpool Teaser Trailer For the Real Trailer
Folks, we are through the rabbit hole in terms of movie advertising. The clip above is a teaser for a trailer. That’s right. It’s an advertisement letting people know they can see the full green band and red band trailers for Marvel’s Deadpool movie tomorrow. While this is sadly not all that new (Superbowl Commercials are teased weeks in advance) it’s also a pretty sad state of affairs in terms of satiating the “we want it now,...
Entertainment- Trailer, Poster and an Impending Darkness
One of the best films I saw at this years Oak Cliff Film Festival was Rick Alverson’s black comedy Entertainment. If you’ve heard that name before it’s because Alverson made another pitch black film called The Comedy that starred Tim Heidecker back in 2012 and it’s on Netflix. It’s also probably scarred many, many people as it’s one messed up movie that uses the title The Comedy in the best, most ironic way. I’d bet dollars to...
Black Mass- Trailer
Today a trailer for Black Mass dropped and it looks gritty. The film stars a whole slew of dudes like Benedict Cumberbatch, Corey Stoll, Joel Egerton, Kevin Bacon and Adam Scott but mainly it stars Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger, a famed gangster who’s recently been getting a lot of attention. Another big selling point aside from that cast is Depp’s receding hairline which, between you and me, he’s probably had in real life for the past...
Get a “Room”- Trailer
I’m of the mindset that A24 doesn’t put out bad movies. At least so far. With films like Ex Machina, While We’re Young, The End of the Tour and Slow West out this year alone, I have genuine faith in whatever they put out, for now anyway. It reminds me of the old Miramax days or early Blumhouse where skirting quality for cash wasn’t on the table. Today the fine folks at A24 dropped the trailer for Room and once again it appears they’re...
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Red Band Trailer
When there’s a difficult military story that’s been twisted and bent into what might seem like a mystery, what film maker do you want telling you the story? Kathryn Bigelow? Michael Mann? Michael Moore? Ridley Scott? Hell no! You want Michael Bay to do it! And that’s just the guy we’re going to get on January 15 when his latest film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi hits theaters. But before the New Year gets here, we’ve all...
Brand Spanking New “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice” Photos
Empire magazine scored some exclusive photos from the Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice PR machine that is now operating full-force in anticipation of the films March 25 release. I think the photos, the trailer and the film look great overall. While I’m certainly not the world’s biggest Zack Snyder fan, I am really appreciative of the way he’s trying to stay true to the classic DC Comic The Dark Knight Returns which, if you’ve never...
Josh Lucas in “The Mend”
I like Josh Lucas. You (probably) like Josh Lucas too but maybe lost track of him after the studio system lamely tried to make him into a sex symbol back at the beginning of the 2000’s. I mean, the guy’s good looking but he’s also a very, very good actor which is clear from his CV. What I’m saying is, he’s more than just a pretty face. I’m also glad he seems to have stuck within the mind of David...
Alex Gibney’s Doc on Steve Jobs Gets Media
The documentary factory that is Alex Gibney keeps on a-churnin’ as his latest, Steve Jobs: The Man and the Machine is ready to hit screens big and small on September 4, 2015. The fine folks at Magnolia Pictures were even nice enough to give Mashable an exclusive peek at the poster as well as the trailer and now, we’re going to share it with you. I generally dig Gibney’s work but he’s so active, it’s starting to feel all kind of the...
Ant-Man (Review)
Let’s just get this first order of business out of the way; Ant-Man is kind of a lame superhero. I feel safe saying that not only because it’s true but also because unlike some comic book properties, I don’t see a huge swarm of Ant-Man aficionados coming after me for that negative comment because really, there’s not many. Yes, I know he is a classic Marvel character. Yes, I know he was a leading figure in terms of comics becoming more...
Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces List Is Up
Psst…don’t tell anyone but, I’m an indie film nerd. See, I got my start in all this film writing and filmmaking stuff by volunteering at Sundance. I did that for ten years and as such, got to see many of the world’s best new directors when they were just fresh faced kids on the rise. So when Filmmaker Magazine does their annual “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” I look forward to it like a football fan does draft day. I have to...
Mock! Yeah! Ing! Yeah! Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 Trailer! Yeah!
A little while back we showed you faithful readers the teaser trailer for Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. It was weird. It was rhythmic. It looked like the video for Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation. But today, we get the real deal, the official trailer for HGMJP2 (*Note: Not a real acronym, I just made that up because I’m too lazy to write Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2) I feel like this is a solid franchise and I’ve enjoyed it so...
Awesome Movie “One & Two” Gets Trailered
Back in March, Andrew Droz Palermo’s outstanding film One & Two kind of slipped past most people’s radar. That’s a real shame because between this film and his truly fantastic documentary Rich Hill (which is streaming on Netflix now so, get to it!) this guy is someone to watch. Well, thankfully One & Two didn’t slip by the people over at IFC Midnight who snapped up this super cool sci-fi/drama and are releasing it August 14....
BBC ONE! BBC TWO! BBC TOP 100!!
The BBC has dropped the results of their “Top 100 American Films” of all time and, like any list…it’s pretty infuriating as well as kind of neat. Lists, man. They’re the way to go when you want to spark a conversation! I won’t reveal what parts are cool and which parts are infuriating, click the link and gauge your own fury and thrill. According to the site the rules and how this list was created are as follows: “What defines an...
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